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wrong no toothpick needed only insert sd-card or usb and start the box

normaly install aml_autosript.zip from android and than boot from SD-CARD, sometimes install from recovery and very very barly from TWRP it is more a update for bootloader how do flash your sd-card ? ( balenaEtcher, win32_image, linux dd ...)

you are still in Recovery Menu not multiboot it should be more like this Boot from SD: -------------- exit_reason:0x06 set vddee to 0x03e8mv Enter ddr resume pub training time: 2630 ddr resume done store restore gp0 pll cfg15 3b0d000 cfg15 63b0d000 GXBB:BL1:08dafd:0a8993;FEAT:EDFC318C;POC:3;RCY:0;EMMC:0;READ:0;CHK:0; no sdio debug board detected TE: 71706 BL2 Built : 12:06:06, Jun 13 2016. gxb g176ecdb - laiyin.mo@droid12-sz

i do not if it works its from android 4.4 s812 box ( root )OTAUpgrade.apk

ok , but keyboard should also work on recovery

You can use S812 image it should also run S805 it depend on dtb you use dtb excange depend on Kernel Armbian 2x.xx ( Kernel 5.xx) you have to edit uEnv.txt Armbian 5.xx (Kernel 3.xx and Kernel 4.xx) than exchange file on boot partition when you always get to recovery then you have missed install aml_autoscript.zip , this activate the multiboot feature ( normally amlogic only boot from internall emmc/nand) the toothbrick methode normally only once when install zip file or from Android setting point firmware update

Dear Charles maybe it helps i also play around with a RK3328 Box , there is the Problem that the SD card is on SDIO Aux port not SDIO_first . thats why this box not boot from sd-card but android is fine . also last row on kingston chip "EMCP" , i found on arrow.com arrow part infos thats also eMCP

from First Page eMMC without SD Card

Thank you for picture , i have same box (but without the LCD Clock display) with exact same chips on Page one there a list a few box that have the SD card on aux-SDIO port and not on first SDIO port , this also struggle me to boot SD-Card solve : write direct to emmc with PC and male to male cable --> high risk ! i try to get from android terminal to uboot/maskrom mode but without success , i really want to backup android first

that was easy solution

aml_autoscript.zip --> inside image , boot partition image --> there are 3 storage spaces from blabes , yandisk (in this thread, some other forum ) ; mega ( in this thread somewhere) ; armbian space ( at s905 there was also a s8xx folder)

but 5.67 and 5.37 are both kernel 3.10.xx so its normal to have same performance , only armbian >20.xx make diffirence because kernel 5.xx ( it is possible that armbian 20.xx may have less performance but its more unlikely )

sometime depend on programs like docker only work on 5.x Kernel sometimes driver more stable because complete new code sometime newer Debian and newer kernel are more unstable but thats can also happen with old kernel i use 20.09 (update from 20.04) and Kernel 5.9 rc7 i think 20.15 with Kernel 5.11 was last build from balbes150

do you have try remote connect to box by SSH

í can confirm that , on Amlogic there are also many 8723xx chips there we struggle also with 8723bs of diffrent box's ( both are same chip(8723bs) but 2 diffirent box , and both have diffirent firmware files on android )

hi first there is no a to z guide , please feel free to write one i can only advice the 4 steps how get this box work // it is sometimes complicate because there are many diffirent boxes 1. activate multiboot ( install aml_autoscript.zip through android or recovery or maybe root TWRP and than install) 2. get image to sd-card ( old kernel 3.x copy and rename dtb , or kernel 5.x edit uEnv.txt on the fat32 boot partion of sd-card) 3. boot linux ( best is to get a serial TTL adapter to the board for debug but not mandatory ) 4. have fun to image there are Kernel 3.10.109 images (Armbian 5.xx) this are most compatible to android 4.4 but not all Programms run on them ( docker only on 5.x Kernel) Kernel 5.x (Armbian 2x.xx) are newer but maybe not full compatible or some driver do not work because change of kernel

normaly the driver should change resolution in dtb there should be only one for starting the box/kernel like a nativ resolution after kernel start x11 should do it because i used headless , i haven`t play with any HDMI and Display part , most things i change was on wifi and sdio part

take the menson8b-mxq from Kernel 5 and compare with the one from Kernel3 and ec100 and look for timing/config and pins used maybe you find the diffirence why no picture , dtb not work --> all other problem should be from driver or linux itself ( Resolution or device not found) Phandle is more like a device description/number that not 2 device share same resource at same time

maybe still some more diffirence between them i can only speak from other rockchip box topic there are 2 diffrent driver for Graphic one MESA(MALI) and GLAMOR ( newer Kernel also LIMA) on Amlogic there is GLX driver and MALI Driver from rockchip maybe you have also change setting in x11 copy your dtb to a seperate folder use dtc -o dts -i dtb -I /folder/file.dtb please google is very easy but than you have dts without any comment / shorted struckture when we get source you can see inside dts comments and better struckture

its looks like that this also some of balbes150 image or from his group ( he share many many informatiom from librelec ) maybe first use only dtb for same Kernel librelec 3.10. Kernel dtb to armbian 3.10. Kernel and same at kernel 5.xx with 5.xx secound libreelec use no x11 , its use direct the driver for graphics maybe you have edit x11 third hope the best and try maybe review the db with decompile it

this box are not official supported by armbian thats why balbes150 use a fork of torvald linux from xdarklight on github (xdarklight has made many modification on linux for amlogic and rockchip base chipsets ) you have to use github https://github.com/xdarklight/linux (change on upper left "master" to " meson-mx...5.11 or newer " or maybe the header already in image from balbes150

topic box i running a Amlogic S812 box as a Print and Scan server for about 5 Years now ( wlan little bit unstable because of Kernel 5.11 and driver for rt8723bs, with out old kernel very smooth) today also one rk3229 box for my smart electricity meter , and a RPi Zero as Pihole , all are stable enough for private use . But for professional use all are beta , without a full time company in backround i think its a very good state that we have. to aliexpress please can you send a link as PM ( i am looking for new box to play but european prices are to high at the moment ) @fabiobassa@jock@paradigman i am very glad that you have found the way back to normal , i am also from hardware side and not software but with arduino , and raspberry and this box every day i learn new items

when x11 run than maybe this https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/274506/how-to-set-persistent-resolution-in-xfce-on-debian my box all run as headless server

before armbian space -> balbes150 has used yandisk and mega disk share you can also get GUI back, by manual install and config X11 and xfce or other GUI, but thats more difficult also maybe use a usb wifi stick temporally but when 21.11.0 work than also 21.02 with xfce should work

https://users.armbian.com/balbes150/s8xx/ thats the last ones